Okay, so when I mentioned in Fresh Starts about how I was aiming to break the hour barrier in the 10Ks in the next couple of months I didn't expect to do it straight away. That was exactly the thought that ran through my head as I tramped round the Glasgow 10K course last weekend. The closer I got to the end, the more I started thinking it might actually happen until I ran through the arch of Glasgow Green and realised that not only was the finish was much closer than I expected but I was going to break the hour in style. The official chipped time was 58 mins 49 seconds.
So now I find myself needing a new challenge and I have 2: get under 50 mins (next season) and do Stranraer 10K in an hour. The latter sounds like it'd be easy except that there's a steep hill that starts at 3K and runs to just before 4K. I've not only got to beat the hour but I've also got to beat that hill. There's no other way to put this than it's personal and it's between me and the hill!
Incidently I believe the reason I've got faster this year is down to the stone I've lost in weight. It's easy to run fast when there's less of you to carry around the course. If I drop some more weight before Stranraer then that should help!
The running started as a result of a challenge at Kingdom FM back in January 2006. We decided that we (the KFM team) should run the Glenrothes 10K that summer and so the addiction began. I took the challenge and so began the addiction which has seen the following races:
2006
Jun - Glenrothes 10K
Sep - Glasgow 10K
Oct - Strathcarron Hospice 10K
2007
Jun - Glenrothes 10K
Jun - Black Rock 5 (5 miles)
Sep - Stirling 10K
Oct - Strathcarron Hospice 10K
Nov - Stranraer 10K
2008
Injured my knee early on ruling out early season races
Nov - Stranraer 10K
2009
April (?) - Kippen 5K
May - Black Rock 5 (5 miles)
Jun - Jog Scotland Edinburgh 5K
Aug - Graham Clark Memorial (Knockhill, 3.9 miles)
Sep - Glasgow 10K
Still to come this year (I've entered them so I'd better do them)
Sep - Stirling 10K
Oct - Denny 10K
Oct - BMF 10K (with obstacles)
Nov - Stranraer 10K
